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SUBMITTER: Liang YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109477 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Yu-Chuan YC Lin Chuan-Ju CJ Yang Cheng-Ying CY Chen Yung-Hsiang YH Yang Meng-Ting MT Chou Fu-Shiuan FS Yang Wen-Chin WC Chang Cicero Lee-Tian CL
Journal of traditional and complementary medicine 20190429 2
<i>Bidens pilosa</i> (BP) is an edible Asteraceae plant found worldwide that has traditionally been used as food without noticeable side effects. BP has also been used as an herbal medicine to treat over 41 categories of disease in humans and animals. However, to date no long-term toxicity study of BP has been conducted in animals. In this study, 24-week oral toxicity of BP at doses of 0%, 0.5%, 2.5%, 5% and 10% of food was investigated in mice. Mortality, body weight, organ weight, food intake, ...[more]